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HANSARD Council Tax and Stamp Duty AlternativesMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point; I am sure that her electorate in Cheadle will have been listening hard. As I have said, only 33% support keeping council tax as it is. I…17 May 2023HANSARD Council Tax and Stamp Duty AlternativesI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of alternatives to Council Tax and Stamp Duty. It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris; we have spent…17 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ12. It was an honour to welcome the Australian Prime Minister last week so that he could meet some of our fantastic apprentices, see the submarine programme and reaffirm his…10 May 2023HANSARD Post Office Executives: BonusesThis is a scandal from top to bottom. Yet again, we seem to be in a position where the Post Office is apologising only after the fact, when it has been found to have done…10 May 2023HANSARD UkraineI welcome the Government’s commitment to match or exceed the £2.3 billion in aid funding to Ukraine this year. Can my right hon. Friend assure me that that funding will not come…27 Apr 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Cultural and Charitable OrganisationsOne of the cultural cornerstones in Barrow and Furness is CandoFM, a fantastic local community radio station that I was fortunate enough to bring to Downing Street to meet the…27 Apr 2023HANSARDReforms to NHS DentistryI thank the hon. Member for Bradford South (Judith Cummins) and my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous) for securing this timely debate. Hopefully, as my hon. Friend…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseLocal staff at BBC Radio Cumbria are rightly concerned about proposals to slash services. There are plans for hours of content to go, as well as our only full-time journalist.…27 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS Dental ServicesMy constituents in Dalton-in-Furness were dismayed to find out that their dentist has closed. This follows the closure of Bupa in Barrow and in Millom, and Avondale in…25 Apr 2023HANSARDCourt Proceedings: Social Media13. What assessment he has made of the impact of social media on live court cases.28 Mar 2023HANSARDCourt Proceedings: Social MediaIn May 2020, just as we entered the first lockdown, a young woman from my constituency posted false allegations on Facebook claiming that she was the victim of an Asian grooming…28 Mar 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Casey ReviewBaroness Casey’s review makes stark reading: “too little humility”, “denial”, a culture of covering up problems and a lack of emphasis on the issues that matter most to those the…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationI will speak briefly because I know that many Members want to speak. There is much to like about the Budget, which is focused on growth, getting people into work, incentivising…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFraud Strategy4. When her Department plans to publish its fraud strategy.20 Mar 2023HANSARDFraud StrategyOver 70% of scams originate online, showing that tech and social media companies are not only significant to enabling fraud but key to preventing it. Given that tech and social…20 Mar 2023HANSARD Shellfish AquacultureIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon); I have never done so before and it has been on my bucket list for a while. I congratulate my hon. Friend…15 Mar 2023HANSARDAUKUS Defence PartnershipMay I put on record my thanks to my hon. and learned Friend, the Defence Secretary and the Prime Minister, and to their teams, for getting this bold and visionary deal over the…14 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshThe £5 billion investment in defence spending in the upcoming AUKUS announcement offers substantial opportunities for those engaged in the nuclear enterprise and…13 Mar 2023HANSARD Science and Technology FrameworkThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker—last but not least. I warmly welcome this statement, and I welcome the Secretary of State and her fantastic team to the Front Bench. This statement is…07 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillThe balance of creating a strong enough deterrent to cripple the gangs and render the routes unviable, and being fair, is absolutely key, so I appreciate the needle that the Home…07 Mar 2023